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39: Dare you brave this shopping mall?

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Ministry of Supply Redirected Paper for Government Use

The Ministry of Supply had this compulsory public initiative that was the issue here. It would have been a shortage of something needed for toilet roll. Was it to schools? Not specifically, no. So what are they redirecting? Are they? There's something about having things redirected for government use or maybe requisitioning all the paper in the country and I can't remember the story. This is going to be running parallel with when people could have their pets murdered for the war effort.

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